# Megawide ransomware victim disclosed by Qilin gang

Published: 2026-08-16 · Severity: high · Sectors: manufacturing
Canonical: https://vorant.io/reports/975ed4fb-195f-5d8a-b998-1199a830967a/megawide-ransomware-victim-disclosed-by-qilin-gang

> Qilin ransomware operators disclosed Megawide as a victim with 197 compromised users and exfiltrated data.

Megawide has been publicly disclosed as a ransomware victim by the Qilin gang on the ransomware.live victim tracking platform. According to the disclosure, the attack resulted in the compromise of multiple internal systems and accounts: 3 employees had their credentials compromised, 197 total user accounts were affected, and 82 third-party employee credentials were obtained. The attackers identified 30 items in the victim's external attack surface, including DNS records associated with the victim's domain. The disclosure includes a leak screenshot from the attackers, indicating data exfiltration occurred as part of the attack. This represents a significant breach involving employee credentials and potential access to company systems and data. Defenders should assess whether their organization has connections to Megawide and review access logs for any suspicious activity from compromised credentials.

## Mentioned in this report

- Threat actors: qilin
- Malware: Qilin

1 detection for this report is in the app: the rules that match its indicators, the Sigma rules already converted to Splunk SPL, to Elastic where their fields map onto Elastic's integrations and to Microsoft Defender XDR KQL wherever Defender records the activity, and the YARA and Suricata. A new account gets three days of them free.

Source reporting: https://www.ransomware.live/id/TWVnYXdpZGVAcWlsaW4=

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